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Big Data: What’s Next?

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Even before Governor Patrick announced the Massachusetts Big Data Initiative in May, the state had already established itself as the big data capital of the world. We have 12,000 people employed in the sector in more than 100 companies. Data & Analytics Big Data Enterprise IT Harvard Massachusetts MIT'

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Big Data: Love the Mission, Hate the Moniker

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I enjoyed speaking on a big data panel at the E2 Conference on Wednesday in Boston, but the more I participate in these events, the more I agree that “big data” is a silly marketing term , a meaningless catch-all that provides answers to nothing. It was not “big data”, but it led to big changes.

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Ascent Index: Big Data

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Big data is a hot topic, especially here in Massachusetts – arguably the Big Data capital of the world with 12,000 people employed in big data jobs in more than 100 companies across the state, an unmatched talent pool from top universities, and home to EMC Corp.

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4.4 Million Big Data Jobs? Not So Fast

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Gartner made headlines recently when it predicted big data would create 4.4 The analyst firm opined that there’s not enough hired talent to meet the challenges of big data and finding opportunities to turn information into revenue. So I would agree that big data will bring job opportunities.

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Big Data is Big Hype, but Data Analytics Delivers

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At Ascent, we have been focused on the growth of data analytics – or as we called it back in 2008, the ”Explosion of Data” – for close to a decade. In the early days we backed companies such as ZoomInfo , Cymfony ( acq. Companies such as ClickFox and CargoMetrics are perfect examples. And he’s right. So what is working?

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Video: Terascala CEO Steve Butler Explains the Big Data Opportunity

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One of the biggest opportunities in Enterprise IT these days in “Big Data,” but this opportunity is not without real challenges. Processing massive sets of data requires powerful compute clusters, which much be complemented by equally powerful file storage systems.

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Infographic: ClickFox Finds Shoppers Get Better Customer Service Online

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Last week Ascent portfolio company ClickFox published the below infographic, which shows two major trends at work simultaneously: how Big Data insights can illuminate consumer behavior and how retail is evolving from bricks-and-mortar to multi-channel commerce, which Ascent calls “More clicks, less bricks.”